Scored for multiple percussion solo (2 bongos, 4 octobans, kick drum, and splash cymbal) with an assistant percussionist who acts as the echo (2 bongos, kick drum), this piece was inspired by a madrigal for antiphonal choirs by Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso. Further insterest came from Koshinski's study of the coordinational independence method developed by Jose Gramani called "Ritmica", which focuses in part on the simultaneous performance of unrelated meters and ostinati as well as contradictory melodic material.